The Apollo Academy by Kimberly P. Chase

Author:Kimberly P. Chase [Chase, Kimberly P.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: New Adult, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
ISBN: 9780989479608
Published: 2013-08-01T14:00:00+00:00

ZANE

The hallway was completely silent and deserted when Zane made his way from Dr. Stevenson’s office to the cafeteria. The only sounds he heard were his running footsteps as they pounded against the tile floor. He couldn’t get to the cafeteria fast enough. Lights, sensing a human presence, automatically turned on as he ran down the hallway. He almost laughed at the irony. Was he still human if he had something very inhuman embedded into his DNA?

Zane shoved those thoughts away. His mind was a jumbled mess. There was no need to focus on his unknown freak issues because a more pressing issue consumed his heart. Something bad had happened at the SpacePort.

If anything’s happened to Aurora… Zane covered his ears with his hands, as if that would stop him from hearing what he didn’t want to think about.

Determined to at least address one of the issues on his mind, he picked up his speed. If there was anywhere he would find out the latest gossip, it would be here.

The cafeteria was crowded with the hustle and bustle of people eating. Chairs scraped the tile floors as people moved around. It was dinnertime, so the room was filled with students, graduated cadets, astronauts, teachers, and scientists. He didn’t pretend he was there to eat. Instead of ordering a dinner plate, he strode over to the alcove where the first-year cadets liked to gather.

Akemi, Kaylana, Jean-Pierre, and Rick all huddled at a table together, their heads down. Zane took the seat next to Rick, hoping he would know about Dr. Stevenson’s emergency call. Jean-Pierre probably could have told him what happened, but sometimes his French accent was heavy.

Unfortunately, no one was really talking. Kaylana had her head down on the table, and Akemi’s hand kept hovering over her shoulder, like he wanted to comfort her but didn’t quite know how.

Even though he wanted to demand answers, he spoke calmly. “You guys look a little freaked out. Does this have anything to do with the emergency Dr. Stevenson received?”

Akemi’s hovering hand quickly dropped onto his lap just as Kaylana’s head popped up. She eyed him suspiciously. “Yeah. How did you know?”

“I, uh, was with him when he got the call?” he said, the words coming out like a question.

Kaylana deflated. “Oh. Okay.”

The table’s earlier silence resumed, and he heard Hailen and Brianna laughing with a few cadets nearby. Zane turned his attention back to his table, but no one was volunteering any information. He looked directly at Rick. “So what happened?”

Rick gazed at Zane, his face pale.

Zane raised his eyebrows in an aren’t-you-going-to-say-anything look.

Rick took the hint. “Aurora had some sort of instrument and oxygen failure at fifty-five thousand feet. She passed out, went into a mach tuck, and—” Rick swallowed.

Zane had to restrain himself from shaking the information out of him, but Rick finally whispered, “She barely recovered in time.”

If it was possible, Zane thought Rick’s face had grown even paler during his speech, but he understood the sentiment. The painful knot in Zane’s stomach made sense.

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